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“Must’ve been quite a falling out for you to have left for good,” Hylath said when Leof had finished. “Quin, here, I imagine would give his right hand to be able to have his father back.”
Quin looked a little annoyed. Hylath was a good meaning fellow, but he spoke in an offhanded way on occasion that could be hurtful. Quin had been around so long that it didn’t affect him much at all anymore.
“Never mind,” Quin said. “I didn’t know lord Eodwine was so newly made an eorl. Why was he moved out here?”
“It makes more sense that he was moved than to stay in Edoras,” Hylath interjected. “What is the need of an eorl holding court in Edoras? The king is there already. It is much better than Eodwine was moved here, closer to the land over which he holds his eorlship.”
Quin turned to look at Leof again and shrugged, as though to apologize for his friend’s brusque manner. He thought of any question to ask, just to keep talking and keep his mind off of the long, cold ride ahead. “How old are you, anyway?”
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